The new edition of The Economist brings a text that focuses on the success of technology companies in our country and points out that “the digital revolution is finally coming to Serbia”.
The British Weekly publishes impressive data on the export of the domestic IT sector, favorably evaluates advances in the education system and singles out blockchain and the video game industry as significant elements of our digital ecosystem.
Speaking to Nebojsa Djurdjevic and Zojo Kukic of the Digital Serbia Initiative, a British journalist noted that IT carries about six percent of Serbia’s gross domestic product and that about 45,000 people work in this sector. As an illustration of the growth this industry is making, the text highlighted last year’s exports of 1.4 million euros, a 55 percent jump over 2017.
A prominent example of a successful technology company in Serbia is Nordeus, which produces video games, and the focus of the author is the Belgrade-based Microsoft Development Center. The Economist is also making a significant investment in digital infrastructure, regulation and the education system to support the further development of this industry. The UK weekly draws readers’ attention to two sectors of Serbia’s digital ecosystem – the blockchain and the video game industry.
The journalist’s text begins with an impression of extremely polluted air in Belgrade, and ends with a reference to the fact that an important factor in Europe’s green development may be in Serbia. The Economist points out that Loznica is home to one of Europe’s largest lithium reserves, necessary for the development of electric cars as the eco-friendly vehicle of the future.
The Economist is one of the most relevant and influential weeklies for business people in over 200 countries, Danas reports.
